Nick Baumann, Mother Jones Online. November 9, 2009. Igor Panarin warns that the U.S. will splinter into separate states controlled by foreign powers in 2010. Conservative activists think he may be on to something.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: PEEK. October 19, 2009. Boeing is the third largest U.S. government contractor, with some $24 billion in annual federal contracts. It is also a major recidivist corporate crook.
Robert Fisk, Independent UK. October 6, 2009. Arab states have launched a secret plan with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading.
Richard Silverstein, Tikun Olam. September 15, 2009. Russian and Israeli sources say the cargo ship Arctic Sea was carrying Russia's most sophisticated air-defense system system, which could protect Iranian facilities from attack.
Mark Ames, AlterNet. September 3, 2009. Obama is doubling down in Afghanistan with more troops deployed now than the Soviets ever had, at a time when public support for it is sinking like a rock.
Pepe Escobar, Asia Times. July 28, 2009. A nuclear Iran would inevitably turbo-charge a new, emerging multipolar world; one where the U.S. won't be relied on to control Mideast oil.
Agence France Presse July 23, 2009. Fifty-nine journalists have been killed around the world so far this year, in an alarming rise from 2008 that has become a "bloodbath" of the media, a watchdog said Thursday.
AzzamanJanuary 15, 2009. The size of the deal, a bid to boost the Iraqi army's combat readiness, makes it one of the largest ever signed in the Middle East.
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. December 1, 2008. The appointment of Robert Gates -- a vocal critic of Obama's Iraq withdrawal plan who will undoubtedly shape policy-- is alarming.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. November 12, 2008. Why are Obama's closest advisers inveterate hawks who needlessly provoked tension with the Russians during the Cold War?
Jed Lewison, Huffington Post AlterNet: Election 2008. October 2, 2008. Just when you think the whole "I can see Russia from Alaska" thing couldn't get any funnier.
Patricia DeGennaro, The Women's Media Center. October 1, 2008. Photo-ops with a few nations' leaders does not make up for Palin's ignorance on basic world affairs.
Noam Chomsky, CounterPunch. September 15, 2008. It's in America's best interests to regard Russia a resurgent power and not apply a strategy of confrontation against it.
William O. Beeman, Foreign Policy in Focus. September 8, 2008. The United States may not have the international support it needs for an act of aggression against the theocratic state.
Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com. September 4, 2008. The recent fighting in the Caucasus is part of a bigger struggle between Moscow and Washington over the energy riches of the Caspian Sea basin.
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. August 28, 2008. Biden, Obama, and the Dems are rallying to escalate the war in Afghanistan. But trading one war for another would be catastrophic.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. August 27, 2008. In order to win, McCain needs a new Cold War. Lucky for him that Republicans are so good at whipping up false international threats.
